Ill. attributed to Kamenskiĭ by Markov, to Kravt︠s︡ov by Compton (1978)

Printed on paste side of leaves of colored wallpaper. Upper right corner of each leaf cut at 45-degree angle, producing 5-sided leaves with 3 short sides and 2 long

Title, place and publisher from Knizhnai︠a︡ letopisʹ. Date from Compton 1978 (Knizhnai︠a︡ letopisʹ has 1913)

From an ed. of 300 (Knizhnai︠a︡ letopisʹ)

Markov, V. Russian Futurism

Compton, S. 1978. World backwards

Knizhnai︠a︡ letopisʹ 1914

Compton, S. 1977. Russian Futurism 1910-1916 [microform]

Tarasenkov, A. Russkie poėty XX veka

Janecek, G. Look of Russian literature

Library's copy has 14 leaves, as does the copy reproduced in Compton 1977, rather than 18 as specified in Knizhnai︠a︡ letopisʹ and in Tarasenkov. Library's copy lacks first two leaves of copy in Compton 1977 (front cover with port. of Kravt︠s︡ov on verso, 1st leaf of text headed "Stikhi Kravt︠s︡ova"). It includes two leaves there absent, with Vasiliĭ Kamenskiĭ's ferroconcrete poems "Konstantinopolʹ" and "T︠S︡irk Nikitina". These poems are discussed by Janecek as part of Kamenskiĭ's Tango s korovami, another work on 5-sided sheets of wallpaper published in 1914. Both these leaves are printed on red-ground wallpaper like the others of the present copy, rather than on the ochre-ground wallpaper of Tango s korovami. The two versions of the two poems are typographically identical, except that "kamenskīĭ / vasilīĭ" appears at the upper left of "Konstantinopolʹ" in the present work

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